Hey guys So I have two 12'' RF's In my trunk, and I wanted to get a bass knob. Yea I know sounds simple enough, but I was thinking about installing it in my cigarette lighter hole (it broke a year or two ago.) Anyone know where I could begin to look for an audio volume knob that could work with this project?

Thanks guys!

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Checkov? Well, this here's McCoy. We find a Spock, we got us an away team.

This is a terrible idea. Aside from being a ricer mod, you're practically begging your passengers to fuck with it by mounting it there.

A "bass knob" is nothing more than a remote gain for your amplifier. Meaning that if you bothered to set it up properly, the second you touch that knob it's no longer good. Your head unit likely has a "subwoofer level" setting - use that instead and leave the adjustments on the amp alone.

The reason I wanted a knob is because I listen to both hip hop and rock, and with hip hop it sounds good; but with rock it doesn't sound good. I don't necessarily like the idea of stopping on the HW and opening my hatch to change the gain when I switch genres.

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Checkov? Well, this here's McCoy. We find a Spock, we got us an away team.

I set my gain with the remote on MAX so when i turn it down it wont harm it cuz i'm 'lowering' the gain and it wont distort it...correct?
My remote came with the Amp and i have it hidden under the steering column but its easily accessible

I get what Ken is saying, but I think he's thinking a little backwards.

Remote gain can only change the level going to the amp, the amp has a gain which changes the level out to the speakers (more or less). If you dial down the input then the out put lowers, but you can't turn the input higher than the output.

Say he's working with 5v, the knob could dial it between 0 and 5 which would swing the output from it's highest setting to 0 but could never go past the highest output you've set. So you set the amp gain with the knob at max so you can only turn it down. It makes sense to me.

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Originally Posted by Bitter

*rolls into lift while talking to passenger* Oh I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of HOW AWESOME MY ENGINE IS.

back when i had a hu, i spent so much time getting into the menu system to tweak the sub level, i could do it without looking at the screen..

i like a blended system on smoother things like country or alternative, but with rap and dance/trance, i just want bass...

Exactly what I'm talking about. I have subs but I listen to other things than rap/dubstep. I just think it would be nice to change bass levels at the turn of a knob... Not a touch here, and touch there, and a touch here, IMO.

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Checkov? Well, this here's McCoy. We find a Spock, we got us an away team.

The reason I wanted a knob is because I listen to both hip hop and rock, and with hip hop it sounds good; but with rock it doesn't sound good. I don't necessarily like the idea of stopping on the HW and opening my hatch to change the gain when I switch genres.

I know the feeling exactly and I have considered getting an in-line rca for the same reason. I think the in-line rca ones are supposed to be safer since you are changing the input level vs. gain.
like this thing, simple, cheap and does what you want:EFX RLC Universal Bass Remote Level Control Knob

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